Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant requested information -�in relation to the Land Registry's proposed entry into the provision of the land charges information sector-�. The Land Registry informed the complainant that it held the requested information but it was exempt from disclosure by virtue of sections 35(1)(a) and (b) of the Act. During the Commissioner-�s investigation, the Land Registry confirmed that it held additional requested information and that it was relying solely on section 35(1)(a). The Commissioner-�s decision is that the withheld information does engage section 35(1)(a) and the public interest test favours the maintenance of the exemption for the majority of it. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with the withheld information that constitutes the fees charged by various local authorities for local land charge searches and the information the Land Registry categorises as being in the public domain.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 35 - Complaint Partly Upheld